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Providing quality healthcare close to home is essential to keeping our community healthy and thriving. Parkland’s network of community health centers are focused on providing preventive care at locations throughout Dallas County, promoting good health before the onset of chronic disease or illness.

Over the past eight years, Garland Health Center has had one of the largest new patient wait lists among all of Parkland’s 12 community health centers. As the population grows and ages, the demand for care continues to increase. To better meet the needs of the community, Garland Health Center is expanding physically and adjusting its services.

The expansion of Garland Health Center (located more than 20 miles away from the Parkland hospital campus) will add an additional 18,871 square feet of clinical space in the City of Garland. The additional space will allow for the relocation of Garland’s Women and Infants Specialty Health and pediatric clinics, making room for Garland’s acute response clinic in the current health center.

In addition, the health center expansion will include:• The addition of two clinical teams• The addition of two advance practice providers in adult and geriatric services• Increased availability of optometry services, from three days each week to five days• Podiatry services to address an ever growing need for diabetic foot care in the community

“By expanding Garland Health Center’s physical space and adjusting its healthcare services, providers are keeping the health of the community top of mind,” said James Perez, community-oriented primary care operations administrator at Parkland. “Because of the expansion, access to care will improve and more patients throughout Garland can establish a medical home – a place where they can work to achieve the best health possible.”